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Painter:
Stella, Joseph 1877-1946  Search this
Medium:
Gouache
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1917
Notes:
Potamkin, Meyer P., Mr. & Mrs., 1988.
Moser, Joann, "Visual Poetry: the drawings of Joseph Stella," Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, fig. 66.
"An Alumnus Salutes Dickinson College 200th Anniversary" from the Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin (William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), Nov. 19, 1972-Jan. 3, 1973, no. 146.
"Roots of Abstract Art in America 1910-1930," Washington, DC: National Collection of Fine Arts, 1965, no. 162.
"An Alumnus Salutes Dickinson College 200th Anniversary" from the Collection of Meyer and Vivian Potamkin (William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), Nov. 19, 1972-Jan. 3, 1973, pg. 27.
Moser, Joann, "Visual Poetry: the drawings of Joseph Stella," Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990, pg. 66.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A tall telegraph pole with wires extending on either side dominate the painting.
Topic:
Cityscape  Search this
Architecture exterior--Science--Power Lines  Search this
Control number:
IAP 9C270038
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_357322